Refrigerator cabinet



Aug. 15, 1933. I F. WALLACH 1,922,995

REFRIGERATOR CAB I NET Filed Aug. 9, 1932 --J 26 Cm Z6 Z2 Z3 9 j 70 INVENTOR W gs a 5 Frederick wazzach w 25 BY 6/7 Z6 W 4 ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 15, 1933 H v UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE REFRIGERATOR CABINET Frederick Wallach, New York, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Paul Munk, New York, N. Y.

Application August 9, 1932. Serial No. 628,094

1 Claim. (01. 62-32) This invention relates to refrigerators and wall 9 of the cabinet. This structure defines a comprehends an improvement in the cabinet cooling compartment designated by the reference structure thereof by virtue of which it is rencharacter A. dered useful for the support and cooling of tapped In order to provide means for supporting a kegs or other analogous dispensing containers. tapped keg B or other equivalent dispensing The invention primarily aims to provide a container so that its contents are cooled and refrigerator cabinet which is so constructed and maintained in a cooled condition while one end arranged that a tapped keg or its equivalent may is exposed from the cabinet, to facilitate the be inserted therein and its contents cooled and drawing off of the contents without opening the i V 10 maintained in a cooled condition, while one of refrigerator, the meeting edges and 16 of the 65 its ends is exposed from the cabinet so as to fadoors 11 and 12 are provided with mating recilitate the drawing off of the contents without cesses 17 and 18 which define when the doors the necessity of opening the refrigerator. are closed, an opening which is shaped to fit the More particularly, the invention comprehends end of the keg or container .8, so that said end or 15 in a refrigerator, a cooling compartment and a head protrudes through the opening thus declosure therefor having an opening through which fined and the tap or faucet 19 is exposed for the tapped. end of a keg or equivalent dispensing drawing off the contents of the keg or container. container protrudes, which opening is of a size In order to establish an airtight seal, the reto snugly fit the keg and seal the cooling comcessed portions of the doors 11 and 12 each carry 20 partment. a a packing 20 of a suitable resilient, yieldable ma- 75 As a further feature the invention provides a terial which is secured in place by a clamping support for a keg or equivalent dispensing constrip 21 applied to the inner face of the doors tainer which is contoured to fit the periphery and extending around the recesses. The keg or of t e k container a dW iC is designed container B is suitably supported by a shelf to hold the k in a forwardly tilted position to which is of openwork construction, including 80 facilitate the drawi Off Of the contentsstrips 22 extending fore and aft of the cooling Ot Objects Of the invention reside in the compartment, and strips 23 extending transverseco pa v Simplicity of Construction of the ly thereof, said strips being contoured to fit the cabinet and the container support, the economy periphery of th keg or container, d being di 85 with whic it y be produced. and the general posed at an incline so that the keg is tilted for efficiency derived therefrom. drawing off the major portion of the contents.

With the above recited and other ebjeete in The cooling compartment A has located therein view reference is made to the following specifithe cooling coils 24 which may be disposed on cation and the accompanying drawing, in Whlch opposite sides of the keg or container as illusthere is illustrated the preferred embodiment of trated in Fig 3. If desired, the cabinet may be the invention, while the claim defines the actual provided with lower doorways and doors or Scope thereofclosures 26 therefor and the same accommodate In the drewmg other, untapped kegs or containers C which are 1 is .front View of re.frigemt.r cabipet maintained in a cooled condition until the con 5 constructed in accordance wlth the lnvention tents are to be dispensed in the upper portion and illustratingga tapped keg associated thereof the cabinet.

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Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view In order to provlde means for catching the dnp t k tel on the line indicated at from the faucet or tap 19, and to serve as arest gig gg 0219mm y for glasses, mugs or other suitable receptacles,

Fig 3 fr gm t transverse sectional a drip pan 27 is provided which is located at the view taken approximately on the line indicated from of the cebmet undeTFhe e tap h below t 3 3 in Fig. 2 the doors 11 and 12, a drain pipe 28 being pro- Referring t the drawing by referen e h vided which communicates with the bottom of the "acters, 5 indicates a refrigerator cabinet which r pan and leads therefrom to a ab wa te includes a rear wall 6, a top wall '7, side walls 8, D P

and a front wall 9, the latter being provided with From h f e i 1 W11 hus e en ha a an opening or doorway 10 which is closed by a refrigerator cabinet has been dev sed to accomclosure, in the present instance consisting of doors plish the purpose in view, andwhlle a single and 1m 55 11 and 12 which are hinged'at 13 to the front preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed, this is not intended as a limitation upon the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is: I

A refrigerator having a doorway in its front,

5 a support in the refrigerator adapted to receive a beer keg inserted through the doorway and support the keg at an angle in the refrigerator, with one end of the keg located in the doorway,

FREDERICK WALLACH. 

